Thursday, December 17, 2015

New Just Cause 3 Patch to Improve Load Times

Just Cause 3 patch 1.02 is rolling out this week for PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One and aims to "significantly" reduce load times.Developer Avalanche Studios noted in its blog post
about the patch that it's reading through reviews and comments to help
"prioritize" fixes. It added that the patch is part of "a much larger
plan" to improve some of Just Cause 3's issues.Besides improved
load times in the 1.02 patch, you can expect optimization to online
stats, a few stability tweaks, and a fix to a screen resizing issue on
PC.

The developer also addressed some fan and reviewer feedback about the
game's lack of sprint and crouch buttons. "Rico doesn’t hide," said
Avalanche in the post. "Getting him up in the air is our version of the
cover mechanic." As far as the lack of sprint goes, Avalanche noted that
the intent was for players to use Rico’s grapple instead.

Whether
the patch will significantly reduce load times remains to be seen. The
issue originally arose before Just Cause 3's release earlier this month,
when reports surfaced of long load times and drops in frame rate.